EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 23
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

    彼女は作文が優秀だ。
    She is excellent in composition.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

Kun
やさ.しいすぐ.れるまさ.る
On
ユウ
Strokes
17
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
334 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

よし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-2-15SKIP code
2a15.1The Kanji Dictionary
2124.7Four corner code
2167deroo
512aUnicode hex code
1-45-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
564Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
334New Nelson (John Haig)
177New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
200Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
156Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
993Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1068Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
453A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2599Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1148Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1261Morohashi
984A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1033Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1074Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
995henshall3
1000Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
140Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1002Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you1Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

excel, excellence, beauty, surpass

Kun
ひい.でる
On
シュウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
848 of 2500
Radical
grain
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

しゅしょうひでひでし

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-5-2, 2-1-6, 2-5-3, 2-1-7SKIP code
5d2.4The Kanji Dictionary
2022.7Four corner code
2245deroo
79c0Unicode hex code
1-29-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3263Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4123New Nelson (John Haig)
2545New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3152Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1616Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
914Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
980Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
859A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
726Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
973Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24911Morohashi
1355A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1683Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1798Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1582Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1171Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1429Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
923Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiu4Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level